Ostentatious: alternatives and connections

Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

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Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

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Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.

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Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.

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Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

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Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy.

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Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

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The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

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The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

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The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

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Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

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